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Aesop's Fables

This is a collection of tales from the Greek story teller, Aesop. Aesop was
a slave in ancient Greece. He was a keen observer of both animals
and people. Most of the characters in his stories are animals, some
of which take on human characteristic and are personified in ways
of speech and emotions. However, the majority of his character retain
their animalistic qualities; tortoise are slow, hares are quick, tigers
eat bird, etc. Aesop uses these qualities and natural tendencies of
animals to focus on human traits and wisdom. Each fable has an accompanying
moral to be learned from the tale.